Dan Wadhwani

Dan Wadhwani is a Clinical Professor at the USC Marshall School of Business, where he serves as the Director of the Lloyd Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and holds the Jill Brooks-Garnett Teaching Chair in Entrepreneurship. His research and teaching focus on how entrepreneurial processes drive socio-economic change, with publications in leading journals like Academy of Management Journal and Business History Review.

• Areas of Expertise: Entrepreneurship, Business History, Management
• Leadership: Former Chair of AoM Management History Division, President-Elect of the Business History Conference

His research integrates historical approaches to entrepreneurship, examining microhistory, organizational growth, and conceptual metaphors in business history. He has also contributed to AI's ethical implications in entrepreneurship through Harvard Business Review.

Recent media engagements include insights in the Los Angeles Times on defense tech in Southern California and in the SFVBJ on startup scaling challenges.

• Scientific Awards: Williamson Prize